Basin or bowl



(No Model.)

J. S. RICHARDSON.

v BASIN OR BOWL No. 299,266. Patented May 27, 1 884.

NTTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. RICHARDSON, OF LOlVELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

BASIN OR BOWL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,266, dated May 27,1884.

Application filed October 5, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN S. RICHARDSON, of Lowell, in the county ofMiddlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Basins or Bowls, of which the following is adescription sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any personskilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forminga part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is anisometrical perspective view of a basin or bowl embodying myimprovement, and Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section of the same.

Like letters of referen ce indicate correspond ing parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of basins or bowls which are used insinks and washstands for washing the hands, face, &c.; and it consistsin corrugating or constructing one side or section thereof in suchmanner as to form awash-board, thereby adapting them for use in washinghandkerchiefs, cuffs, collars, and other small articles ofwearing-apparel.

The nature of the improvement will be readily understood by allconversant with such matters from the following explanation, anelaborate description of the same being rendered unnecessary by theextreme simplicity of the invention.

In thedrawings, A represents the body of the bowl or basin; B, thewash-board, and O D the handles.

The body may be composed of tin, copper, china, glass, porcelain,pottery-ware, or any other suitable materials.

(No model.)

The wash-board forms a part of the interior o face of the wash-basin,and is formed integral with the body, as shown, being rolled, stamped,or struck up by any suitable tools or machinery for the purpose from thesame sheet of metal of which the body is made, either before or afterthe same is formed.

When the basin or bowl is made of cast metal, the board is molded andcast integral with the body, and when composed. of china, porcelain,glass, pottery-ware, &c., it may be molded at the same time. The handle0 is disposed at the center of the board, and is for hanging up thebasin or bowl, as when hung up by that handle the water will drain fromthe corrugations of the board and allow it to dry thoroughly.

I do not confine myself to making the board of any special size orlength, as it may extend entirely around the vessel, if preferred; or toproviding it with either plain or irregular corrugations, as, instead ofthe corrugations, a series of protuberances of any proper shape, adaptedto serve as a rubbing-surface or wash.- board, may be formed on theinterior thereof. Having thus explained my invention, What I claim is Asa new article of manufacture, a circular sheet-metal basin having asegment of its body corrugated to form a wash-board, and provided with ahandle at its corrugated side, substan- 7o tially as and for the purposeset forth.

JOHN s. RICHARDSON.

